Victimology. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Leah E. Daigle, Lisa R. Muftić.
• Authors: Daigle, Leah E; Muftić, Lisa R
• Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to Victimology; What Is Victimology?; The History of Victimology: Before the Victims’ Rights Movement; The Role of the Victim in Crime: Victim Precipitation, Victim Facilitation, and Victim Provocation; The History of Victimology: The Victims’ Rights Movement; Contributions of the Victims’ Rights Movement; Victimology Today; Chapter 2. Extent, Theories, and Factors of Victimization; Measuring Victimization; Theories and Explanations of Victimization; Chapter 3. Victim-Offender Overlap; The Link between Victimization and Offending; Explaining the Link between Victimization and Offending; The Victim-Offender Overlap and Specific Types of Victimization; Chapter. 4 Consequences of Victimization; Physical Injury; Mental Health Consequences and Costs; Economic Costs; System Costs; Vicarious Victimization; Reporting; Fear of Crime; Chapter 5. Recurring Victimization; Types of Recurring Victimization; Extent of Recurring Victimization; Characteristics of Recurring Victimization; Risk Factors for Recurring Victimization; Theoretical Explanations of Recurring Victimization; Consequences of Recurring Victimization; Responses to Recurring Victimization; Chapter 6. Victims’ Rights and Remedies; Victims’ Rights; Financial Remedy; Remedies and Rights in Court; Chapter 7. Homicide Victimization; Defining Homicide Victimization; Measurement and Extent of Homicide Victimization; Risk Factors for and Characteristics of Homicide Victimization; Different Types of Homicide Victimization; Victim Precipitation; Indirect (Secondary) Victimization; Legal and Community Responses to Homicide Victimization; Chapter 8. Sexual Victimization; What Is Sexual Victimization?; Measurement and Extent of Sexual Victimization; Risk Factors for and Characteristics of Sexual Victimization; Responses to Sexual Victimization; Consequences of Sexual Victimization; Special Case: Sexual Victimization of Males; Legal and Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Victimization; Prevention and Intervention; Chapter 9. Intimate Partner Violence; Defining Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse; Measurement and Extent; Who Is Victimized?; Risk Factors and Theories for Intimate Partner Violence; Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence; Why Women Do Not Leave Abusive Relationships; Criminal Justice System Responses to Intimate Partner Violence; Legal and Community Responses; Chapter 10. Victimization at the Beginning and End of Life: Child and Elder Abuse; Child Maltreatment; Elder Maltreatment; Chapter 11. Victimization of Special Populations; Victimization of Persons With Disabilities; Who Is Victimized?; Patterns of Victimization; Risk Factors for Victimization for Persons With Disabilities; Responses to Victims With Disabilities; Victimization of Persons With Mental Illness; Victimization of the Incarcerated; Chapter 12. Victimization at School and Work; Victimization at School; Victimization at School: Grades K–12; Victimization at School: College; Victimization at Work; Chapter 13. Property and Identity Theft Victimization; Property Victimization; Identity Theft; Chapter 14. Victimology from a Comparative Perspective; Victimology Across the Globe; Measurement and Extent of Victimization Across the Globe; Justice System Responses to Victimization; Victims’ Rights and Assistance Programs; Chapter 15. Contemporary Issues in Victimology: Victims of Hate Crimes, Human Trafficking, and Terrorism; Victims of Hate Crimes; Victims of Human Trafficking; Victims of Terrorism;
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 362.88; Victims of crime
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483359021; 1483359026
• Related ISBNs: 9781483359014
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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